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X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film (techcrunch.com)
submitted 1 year ago by JRepin@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Thursday on X (Twitter), all users saw the same pinned topic under the “What’s happening?” sidebar. As part of a “timeline takeover” — which gives advertisers “priority access to logged-in users’ first impression of the day” — conservative media nonprofit PragerU is promoting the hashtag “#DETRANS” to advertise its new film about “the stories of detransitioners.”

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[-] dynamojoe@lemmy.world 144 points 1 year ago

Every day I miss my twitter account less and less. I now wish there was a way I could block twitter content inside news articles and such.

[-] bloopernova@programming.dev 46 points 1 year ago

We've got it blocked at our router. The DNS server just responds with no such address.

[-] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 46 points 1 year ago

Hijacking twitter DNS queries and redirecting to a page that only serves images of cats.

[-] elshandra@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It cleanly didn't block this post.

[-] bloopernova@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago

Yes. Because this post is not on twitter. It's on a site called lemmy.world. I don't think it even looks like twitter?

If you want no mention of twitter or the musky chodelet, I recommend Connect, a Lemmy app for Android. It features a keyword block list, so you can add as many twitter related keywords as you need.

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Upvote for “musky chodelet”, boost for helpful advice!

[-] elshandra@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I thought that's more what the original comment was asking for, maybe I misinterpreted. Ps. Sorry for wasting your time explaining things I already know by not clarifying my sarcasm, but you helped someone else so it worked out alright.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm sure there's an addon for Firefox if you're really inclined.

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